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I'm an athiest and I get really annoyed when people say such things [..] Why? You make it sound like you think that's an entirely reasonable response, but as a fellow atheist: I don't think it is. Why not just say 'Thanks'?
It sounds from the tale that jlgaddis tried to be polite and eventually lost his patience.
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>Sometime it is very difficult for human to understand GOD and his punishment ! How does it feel to be a terrible fucking person?
A quick scan of jigneshg's past comments reveals that they are definitely not a native English speaker, and as was pointed out above, in Indian culture, this is a perfectly polite way to empathize with another's suffering. The irony that this apparent cultural misunderstanding has caused jigneshg's karma to plummet gives me no end of mirth, but the clearly anglophile Western (and perhaps white male) reaction to jigne…
Thank you for your view about my given comment. You are right, i am not native English speaker and here i never intended to hurt anyone. I was just sharing my view about situation.
To all,
I would not intentionally hurt your feelings and I have tremendous respect for culture, God and people around me.
I will definitely take care next time,
Sorry if anyone felt bad from my given comment.
Regards
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A few of the folks that I know who are approaching 50 have started checking the obits in the paper frequently, so that they won't have an awkward encounter when they run into an acquaintance at the store, on the street, etc. and ask "How's so-and-so/our mutual acquaintance/your spouse?"
Obits in the paper? Startup idea here, folks. Monitor my mail contacts etc and notify me when someone dies.